The first batch of Chinese aid for survivors of Typhoon Haiyan arrived in central Philippine city of Cebu, a relief goods distribution center, on Monday evening.
Eight leading technology companies on Monday called on the United States to overhaul its surveillance laws to better balance the needs of security and individual rights.
The purge of the powerful uncle of Pyongyang's top leader will not shake up the regional situation nor immediately affect the country's ties with Beijing, analysts said on Monday.
Tokyo will introduce a policy later this month to loosen its embargo on weapons exports, a move analysts said is "a major betrayal" of Japan's postwar pacifist Constitution.
US President Barack Obama embarked on a trip with former president George W. Bush, leading a US VIP team for Mandela memorial.
The Thai army said Monday that the political situation in the country is expected to improve with the dissolution of the House of Representatives.
Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian National Authority will sign on Monday a "landmark" agreement to connect the Red Sea with the shrinking Dead Sea.
Thailand's pro-government "Red Shirts" have decided to cancel a massive rally planned in Bangkok' s neighboring province of Ayutthaya on December 10.
South Korean President Park Geun-hye instructed senior presidential officials Monday to take calm and moderate response to issues of foreign affairs and security.
Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Monday announced the dissolution of the House of Representatives which is now awaiting royal approval.
Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said on Monday she would dissolve parliament and hold an election "as soon as possible" following a wave of anti-government protests in Bangkok.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) announced Monday Jang Song-thaek, uncle-in-law of DPRK leader Kim Jong Un, was removed from all posts.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) announced Monday Jang Song-thaek, uncle-in-law of DPRK leader Kim Jong Un, was removed from all posts and expelled from the Workers' Party Korea for his "anti-Party and counterrevolutionary crime," the official news agency KCNA reported.
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